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Poor valueActiveHuckleberry Bucks · $5 · Idaho Lottery
Huckleberry Bucks: Poor value. A $5 ticket pays back $2.96 on average.
▼ -9.6 pts vs launch#6 of 16 · $5 ID games
▼ -9.6 pts vs launch#6 of 16 · $5 ID games
Huckleberry Bucks is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 59.2%, down 9.6 percentage points from the launch value of 68.8%. 1 of the original 2 $50,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 2% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
59.2%
expected return
1 in 3.59
odds of any win
1 of 2
$50K top prizes left
2%
claimed · 9k of 551k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 150,726 winning tickets still unclaimed.
11 win more than $5
$10 – $100, an actual profit
17 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 3,008 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $2.96 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$2.85 · 57.0% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $50K
$0.11 · 2.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
150,720 winning tickets remain in this range: 96% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
2% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jul 2026.
551k
tickets printed
9k
tickets claimed · 2%
542k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
98%
50% of top prizes remain with 98% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Idaho Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 ID peers
#6 of 16
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data.
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